Silver-stripe round herring facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Silver-stripe round herring |
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Spratelloides
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S. gracilis
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| Spratelloides gracilis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
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The silver-stripe round herring, slender sprat, or Kibinago minnow (Spratelloides gracilis) is a small, herring-like forage fish. They are small fish used as fishing bait, especially in skipjack tuna-fishing. It is valued as food in Japan, where it is known as kibinago. These can be eaten raw, as sashimi, or cooked, as whitebait.
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Sashimi of kibinago (silver-stripe round herring)
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Kibinago sashimi with chopsticks
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Grilled kibinago
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